virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build

[hardbio]

hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
[sudo] password for hardbio:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-guest-additions is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
virtualbox virtualbox-ose-dbg
virtualbox-4.2 virtualbox-ose-dkms
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-ose-fuse
virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
virtualbox-fuse virtualbox-ose-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-ose-qt
virtualbox-guest-source virtualbox-ose-source
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-qt
virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-source
virtualbox-ose
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-d
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-dkms
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-d
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-dkms
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-d
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-dkms
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version.
virtualbox-dkms set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ cd /etc/in
init/ initramfs-tools/ insserv.conf.d/
init.d/ insserv/
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ cd /etc/in
init/ initramfs-tools/ insserv.conf.d/
init.d/ insserv/
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:~$ cd /etc/init.d/
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ vi
vi vigr vino-preferences virtualbox
view vim.tiny vipw virtuoso-t
viewres vino-passwd virt_mail visudo
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ virt
virt_mail virtualbox virtuoso-t
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ virtu
virtualbox virtuoso-t
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ virtualbox setup
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Error opening file for reading: Permission denied
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "8008" obj: QObject(0x0) " invalid interface!"
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "6" obj: QMenu(0x1af1330) ""
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "7" obj: QMenu(0x1af1330) ""
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ virtualbox setup
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Error opening file for reading: Permission denied
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "8008" obj: QObject(0x0) " invalid interface!"
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "8008" obj: QObject(0x0) " invalid interface!"
Qt WARNING: QSpiAccessible::accessibleEvent not handled: "8008" obj: QObject(0x0) " invalid interface!"
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo virtualbox setup
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-ose-dkms
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 22.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 121 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe virtualbox-ose-dkms all 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 [22.2 kB]
Fetched 22.2 kB in 0s (129 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-ose-dkms.
(Reading database ... 261426 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-ose-dkms (from .../virtualbox-ose-dkms_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3_all.deb) ...
Setting up virtualbox-ose-dkms (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-guest-additions is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo virtualbox setupWARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-3.2.0-54 linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-3.2.0-54 linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic linux-headers-generic
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 67.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-headers-3.2.0-54 all 3.2.0-54.82 [11.7 MB]
Get:2 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic amd64 3.2.0-54.82 [981 kB]
Get:3 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-headers-generic amd64 3.2.0.54.64 [2,260 B]
Fetched 12.7 MB in 21s (589 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.2.0-54.
(Reading database ... 261429 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-54 (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-54_3.2.0-54.82_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic.
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Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-generic.
Unpacking linux-headers-generic (from .../linux-headers-generic_3.2.0.54.64_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.2.0-54 (3.2.0-54.82) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic (3.2.0-54.82) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-54-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-54-generic
Setting up linux-headers-generic (3.2.0.54.64) ...
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo virtualbox setup
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
^Chardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-ose-dkms is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo virtualbox setup
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
^Chardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
virtualbox virtualbox-ose-dbg
virtualbox-4.2 virtualbox-ose-dkms
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-ose-fuse
virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
virtualbox-fuse virtualbox-ose-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-ose-qt
virtualbox-guest-source virtualbox-ose-source
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-qt
virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-source
virtualbox-ose
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
virtualbox virtualbox-ose-dbg
virtualbox-4.2 virtualbox-ose-dkms
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-ose-fuse
virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
virtualbox-fuse virtualbox-ose-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-ose-qt
virtualbox-guest-source virtualbox-ose-source
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-qt
virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-source
virtualbox-ose
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-guest-additions is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get reinstall virtualbox
E: Invalid operation reinstall
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo virtualbox setupWARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
  headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

  You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
^Chardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-g
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
virtualbox virtualbox-ose-dbg
virtualbox-4.2 virtualbox-ose-dkms
virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-ose-fuse
virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
virtualbox-fuse virtualbox-ose-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-ose-qt
virtualbox-guest-source virtualbox-ose-source
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-qt
virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-source
virtualbox-ose
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-
virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-source
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-guest-utils
Recommended packages:
  virtualbox-guest-x11
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Get:1 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe virtualbox-guest-utils amd64 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 [590 kB]
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Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-utils.
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Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-dkms.
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Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-utils (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-dkms (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) ...
Loading new virtualbox-guest-4.1.12 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.8.0-31-generic
Building initial module for 3.8.0-31-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-31-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/make.log for more information.
hardbio@hardbio-S400CA:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46~precise1-generic 3.8.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-31-generic
Date: Fri Oct 11 21:19:44 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.3: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1101867, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.